Got a full deck of topics today including: Steven Crowder’s ugly divorce, Biden formally announces, another Kamala rebrand attempt, RFK Jr. & Marianne, DeSantis whines more, and of course, our Boy Big Sean McElwee’s Howie Ratner run through DC politics.
Hell on Earth: The Original Podcast Soundtrack now available here: https://chapotraphouse.bandcamp.com/album/...
2023-04-28 23:25:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings Filmaholics,
As you've probably noticed, today we put out the first episode of our new mini-series, Movie Mindset. Each week, your hosts Will Menaker and Hesse Deni will present you a group of films that unveil some aspect of the mysteries of Movie Mindset, bringing you one step closer to embracing the true reality-shifting possibilities of the movies.
So, just want to lay out s...
2023-04-27 19:02:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to Movie Mindset! In this inaugural episode, Will and Hesse guide you through two of the collaborations between director Tony Scott and star Denzel Washington, Man on Fire (2004) & Deja Vu (2006). Join us as the ultimate auteur of the action-thriller meets the ultimate American leading man in these two propulsive explorations of justice, time, duty, depression, vengeance, destiny and sick-ass explosions.
2023-04-27 14:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
I'll keep this short and sweet: Hell on Earth has ended, for now. Thank you to everyone who listened and who helped Matt and myself put it together. It's been a phenomenal experience for us and we think most of you have enjoyed it as well.
Many, MANY people asked if the soundtrack will be available. Well, today I'm happy to announce it is! Hell on Earth: The Original Podcast So...
2023-04-26 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Chris and Matt’s series wrap-up livestream on Twitch from Friday, 4/21. The boys cover some breaking 17th century news, talk about what unexpected things they learned from the series, take listener and viewer questions, and discuss future projects.
Thank you all for listening to Hell on Earth. Chris and Matt WILL return for future history series. Until then, reminder that interactive atlas, bibliography, and series credits all live forever at 2023-04-26 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by author Lauren Oyler to discuss her new Harper’s article about her experience going on a cruise centered around Gwyneth Paltrow’s GOOP brand. We discuss performative crying, serial killer branded work-outs, vagina-themed everything, and selling self-actualization. Then, we catch up on an eventful few days in the media, with Musk’s Twitter checkpocalypse, and Tucker & Don Lemon getting the axe at Fox & CNN respectively.
2023-04-25 04:05:55 +0000 UTC View Post
In a slight programming swerve on this 4/20, we’re joined by independent journalist Dave Infante to discuss the wide world of Beverages. First, we look into a figure who combines boomer business brain, ideologically void conservatism, hyperconsumerism, MMA, stem-cell abuse and a self-destructive inability to stop posting, all into one guy…it’s Bang! Energy CEO Jack Owoc. Then we look into the broader beverage industry, including energy drinks, brain beverages, how Boomers wine consumpti...
2023-04-21 02:53:07 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by Derek Davison (Foreign Exchanges newsletter, American Prestige podcast) to discuss the ever-present entity to the east of our main story, the Ottoman Empire. Derek takes us through the rise, reign and decline of the Ottomans themselves, and we dig further into their interactions with Europe in the 17th century.
Subscribe to Foreign Exchanges here: https://www.foreignexchanges.news/
And the...
2023-04-19 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by the creative team behind the new film How To Blow Up A Pipeline (director Daniel Goldhaber, co-writer/producer/star Ariela Barer, co-writer/producer Jordan Sjol & producer/editor Dan Garber) to discuss their work on the movie. Will talks to the crew about adapting the non-fiction book to narrative film, developing characters’ sense of political motivation, the value and nature of propaganda, and of course, bombs.
Then, Felix and Matt join back up t...
2023-04-18 01:22:24 +0000 UTC View Post
We take a look at the guy who leaked a trove of classified military documents to impress a bunch of teenagers on a gun youtuber discord, truly a hero for the modern age. Then, Diane Feinstein, more on the Harlan Crow/Thomas scandal, and techie-on-techie violence in the streets of San Francisco.
Should be a few tickets left for the late show of our screening of John Carpenter’s “In The Mouth of Madness” at the Roxy Cinema on April 27th, come thru. Will and Hesse will be speaking at...
2023-04-14 14:53:37 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by Mike Duncan (Revolutions podcast, Hero of Two Worlds) to discuss the English Civil War, its causes, consequences and the character of those who fought in it.
Find Mike’s Revolutions series wherever you get podcasts, and keep an eye out for his next series coming soon.
2023-04-12 11:01:08 +0000 UTC View Post
New details about Clarence Thomas’ billionaire benefactor Harlan Crow keep coming to light, forcing us to contemplate new questions like: What do Lenin, Mao and Hagrid’s Hut have in common? And, do Hitler’s napkins force us to confront the evil in the hearts of men? We contemplate this plus: DeSantis flails, Kanye’s school has no stairs, and the Dalai Lama sucks tongue. All this and more on today’s ep.
Should be a few tickets left for the late show of our screening of John Car...
2023-04-11 02:35:06 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by Wisconsin correspondent Kath Krueger to discuss Judge Protasiewicz’s victory overturning 15 years of conservative judicial rule in the Badger state. We also look at new reports of Clarence Thomas’ rampant corruption, read analysis of Brandon Johnson’s victory in Chicago from johnkassnews.com, and finally…Catholic Cemetery Magazine.
Should be a few tickets left for the late show of our screening of John Carpenter’s “In The Mouth of Madness” at the Roxy Cin...
2023-04-07 02:43:57 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by the War Nerd, John Dolan, to discuss the evolution of war from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern period, and the various ways armed combat shaped society and politics of the time.
Find all things War Nerd here: https://www.patreon.com/radiowarnerd
2023-04-05 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by wonk whiz-kid @ettingermentum to discuss some of his recent elections analysis. We take a look at how today’s arraignment might affect Trump’s 2024 outlook, the electoral history of transphobia for the GOP, and analyze the art of losing from some recent Democratic stars.
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And subscribe to his very good Substack here: https://ettingermentum.substack.com/ 2023-04-04 17:29:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Will memorializes his beloved cat Marty (RIP Marty), we discuss mammoth burgers, Peter Thiel, cop fent dealers, the GOP primary field and AI rights. But most importantly, the news of the indictment of former President Donald Trump by a Manhattan grand jury broke as we were recording, so get our live initial reactions to that hilarious and unprecedented news in this ep.
2023-03-31 01:06:43 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by author and podcaster Patrick Wyman (Tides of History, The Verge) to discuss developments in money, finance and banking during the pre-modern period. As well as, of course, those dastardly Fuggers.
Find Tides of History here: https://wondery.com/shows/tides-of-history/
Find “The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World” here: 2023-03-29 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by author and scholar Norman Finkelstein to discuss his new book “I’ll Burn That Bridge When I Get To It,” as well as a candid discussion of the political situation in Israel, the modern left, Obama’s legacy, and our old friend Alan Dershowitz.
Find “I’ll Burn That Bridge When I Get To It” here: 2023-03-28 18:47:52 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by our good friend Libby Watson to discuss her new article for Defector digging in to Medicaid estate recovery, where the state uses home seizure to reimburse itself for medicaid benefits. We then look at a New York Times piece railing against “work from home,” and discuss a certain segment of the management class’s hysteria over employees having a modicum of work/life flexibility.
You can read Libby’s piece for defector here: 2023-03-24 22:40:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Our live show from the Hell on Earth launch party at Littlefield in NYC on 1/20/23. We discuss the life of alchemist, mathematician and courtier John Dee, and look into the intersection of magic and politics in early modern Europe.
You’re going to need this image to understand this episode. The Hieroglyphic Monad. Learn it. Know it. Love it. The Monad.
We’re joined by historian Dr. Eleanor Janega to discuss daily life among the pre-modern peasants, townspeople and nobles of Hell on Earth.
Eleanor co-hosts the We’re Not So Different podcast: https://twitter.com/wnsdpod
And is author of “The Once and Future Sex: Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society”: 2023-03-22 11:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We’re joined by Celebrity Jeopardy! champion Ike Barinholtz to discuss Donald Trump’s potentially imminent arrest, the dismal state of the metaverse, the anti-vaxer quest for clean seed, and Ike’s new series with da god Mel Brooks, History of the World, Part II.
Check out, History of the World, Part II, streaming now on Hulu: https://press.hulu.com/shows/history-of-the-world-part-ii/...
2023-03-21 02:35:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Will talks to Betsy and Gloria, two LA public school teachers, ahead of the three-day teachers’ strike planned to begin this Tuesday. They discuss their demands, the conditions in the schools, engaging the local community, and challenges from the LA school district superintendent.
Support the UTLA & SEIU 99 through the links here: https:...
2023-03-20 15:18:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Sr. Foreign Correspondent Derek Davison stops by to take us around the world: China brokers mid-east diplomatic deal, Australia gets nuclear subs, porno mercenary recruitment, Russia drops drone, Ukraine exports grain…everything you could need in your Chapo Daily Brief.
Subscribe to Derek’s Foreign Exchanges here: https://fx.substack.com/
And listen to American Prestige here: 2023-03-17 02:02:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Commonwealth, Restoration, Glorious Revolution: we complete England’s cycle of political instability and, with a little help from our old friends the Dutch, birth a new order into the world.
Interactive atlas, bibliography and credits for the series can be found at: hellonearth.chapotraphouse.com
This is the end of the narrative portion of our series, thank you all so much for listening. But fear not: There’s more Hell to come. We have seven (7) bonus episodes coming up featur...
2023-03-15 11:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
We’ve got the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, saber rattling over a war against Mexican cartels, plus we meet a delightful new character out of the great state of Tennessee, wish a bittersweet farewell to an old friend, and FINALLY take those damn smoke detectors down a peg or two. All that and a side of meat salad in today’s ep.
2023-03-14 02:10:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Professor Richard Wolff returns to the show for an economic update on inflation, employment, student debt, China, and the U.S.’s future role in the world.
For more from Prof Wolff, subscribe to Democracy at Work on YouTube: youtube.com/democracyatwrk
And find all the info on Economic Update here: https://www.democracyatwork...
2023-03-10 03:12:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Will and Hesse (@ZeroSuitCamus, @SSDERANGEMENTSS) review the films of 2022 in this special Academy Awards preview. This is also “episode 0” of our next mini-series, MOVIE MINDSET, in which Will and Hesse will give you the keys to unlock true movie consciousness. Series coming late April, details inside.
2023-03-09 14:00:32 +0000 UTC View Post
While the Thirty Years War rages on, in England, a similar set of crises leads to Civil War.
Interactive atlas, bibliography and credits for the series can be found at: hellonearth.chapotraphouse.com
2023-03-08 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostBeloved returning guest Brandon Wardell and soon-to-be-fan-favorite Jamel Johnson stop by to take a look at Mexican Elves, discuss if our penises are shriveling OR growing too much & celebrate Women’s History Month by praising the men who support them. And after that lineup, we address the real question of the week: Should women date podcasters?
Brandon and Jamel have a new show, the Brandon Jamel Show. It’s out now wherever you get podcasts, links below: